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The CyLab as supplied: two clear nesting tubs with filter plugs and a heater unit
A MonoBox in full fruit, dozens of tan-capped mushrooms rising from the substrate surface
Inoculating MycoPots inside a Still-Air Box (SAB)
The full CyLab stack: incubator above, heated water reservoir below, cotton filter plugs in place
Several sealed grain tubs with injection ports sitting inside the CyLab incubator
Condensation on the inside of the CyLab incubator with colonising white mycelium visible behind
The CyLab insulation jacket, a quilted silver cover fitted around the incubator, captioned snug as a bug
The CyLab: two clear stacked tubs, the lower holding water and a heater, the upper holding substrate
A gloved hand working through the front opening of the CyLab still air box
The CyLab incubator: a clear tub with cotton wool filter plugs and a heater in the water below

CyLab

£230.00

Still-Air Box (SAB)
Insulated Temperature-Controlled Incubator
Heated Fruiting Chamber

  • CyLabs take a lot of work to make right, so please allow up to 10 working days (Monday to Thursday) for dispatch on this.

CyLab for Home Mushroom Cultivation

A Mushroom Cultivation Powerhouse, with an A+++ energy rating! The SAB, incubator and temperature-controlled fruiting chamber combo of our CyLab for Home Mushroom Cultivation has everything you need to smash it in your mushroom growing hobby. If you want to go from beginner to amateur in a single product, this is the one. We carefully thought out every component to bring you a clever, practical, all-in-one system.

Is the CyLab right for me?

  • Do you see mushroom growing as a hobby you want to get better at?
  • Do you want to try Monotub grows? Or maybe even classic fruiting chamber grows?
  • Do you worry about how much it costs to keep a room temp in the mid 20's for months at a time? (Hundreds)
  • Do you want your mushrooms to grow better and bigger, any time of the year?
  • Do you want to better your sterile technique? Produce your own clean spore prints?
  • Would you like to hit the perfect humidity and fresh air exchange levels for high quality mushroom growth?
  • Would you prefer to grow mushrooms out of sight, using a proper grow light instead of relying on indirect sunlight?
  • Would you like all of your mycology equipment to fit into each other for easy storage and transportation?
If you're answering 'yes' to a lot of these questions... Seems like the CyLab is a good choice.

What's Included with the CyLab for Home Mushroom Cultivation

  • SAB with lid (box is completely unmodified with no cuts. Lid is cut with armholes)
  • Fruiting chamber with lid (pre-cut for optimum air exchange)
  • Water Tank (pre-cut for air-exchange tunnel to inner heated fruiting chamber)
  • Incubator and lid (pre-cut for air exchange) - fits inside Water Tank
  • Water heater with in-built thermostat
  • Approx 2.75m of premium aluminium bubble insulation, pre-cut to size
  • 6500K LED fruiting light - the ideal light temperature
  • Raised incubator platform
  • 12 litres of Perlite
  • Polyfil for providing fresh air exchange
The temperature controlled incubator will keep your grow kits and colonising spawn products at the consistent, precise temperatures you need. Forget expensive house bills - this heating unit uses between 25 and 75W. That's up to 40 times less than a standard 2KW room heater. The fruiting chamber has been our go to design over the years. We get the very best flushes out of this setup every time we use it and its height will support even the most enormous mushrooms. Our new SAB is more compact than ever, yet still retaining plenty of the working space. The arm holes are cut into the lid. The CyLab pays for itself in electricity savings and you'll be set up for project after project for years to come. Click here to read the easy setup guide.

Using the Incubator and Fruiting Chamber at the same time

The CyLab has the benefit of being able to incubate some colonising spawn/substrate whilst you have some lovely gourmet mushrooms growing in the fruiting chamber. This is great if you want to have some different projects going on and no delay between your fruiting times! CyLab set up for simultaneous incubation and fruiting You just need to put the lid on your incubator and place your fruiting chamber on top, for the heat to rise up from the water tank. Yep... it really is that simple. Important: When putting colonised cakes into the fruiting chamber, do not ever sit them directly on the perlite - always have a piece of tin foil below them. The provided foil insulation is cut to a size that allows you to wrap it fully around the CyLab even with this taller set-up. This ensures the heat is held evenly around both the incubator and fruiting chamber.

Using your SAB (Still Air Box)

Perform all sterile work, such as inoculating substrates or taking spore prints, inside the Still Air Box. The lid with armholes provides easy access while protecting your work from airborne contaminants. Inoculating a substrate inside the Still Air Box

Using the Light

You do not need to use the light with the incubator. When it comes time to use the fruiting chamber, set your light up in a good spot where it is going to provide plenty of light to your growing gourmet mushrooms. Try not to have it too close to the CyLab, as this could create too much heat. It's best to work with a 50/50 ratio for providing light - so, have the light on for 12 hours then off for 12 hours each day. Make sure it is set to the highest 6500K setting - as per the manual. Click the 'M' switch until you have the colour temperature of 'Cool White Light' and this will achieve 6500K.

Use as a classic fruiting chamber or as a Monotub

In the photos, you can see perlite being used for a classic fruiting chamber setup. But the design also supports a Monotub grow where instead of using perlite, you can fill it with a substrate such as coco-coir and then mix in colonised substrate and fruit from that instead... the breathing holes have been precisely positioned to allow both types of grow for true flexibility and choice. When going the Monotub route, we have you back: simply order 3x SpawnTubs and a coir brick from us!

Production and Dispatch

If you're ordering other items at the same time - please let us know in the order comments if you would like to wait and have the full order shipped out together. Or, if you want available items dispatched sooner, with the CyLab to follow (no extra shipping charges for UK destinations). If you don't tell us, we'll ship the complete order as soon as the CyLab is ready to go - Thank you.

Setup guide

Water tank of our CyLab filled with distilled water
Step 1. Water tank of our CyLab filled with distilled water
Setting the water heater of our CyLab to the right temperature for growing mushrooms
Step 2. Setting the water heater of our CyLab to the right temperature for growing mushrooms
Electric water heater placed into the water tank of our CyLab
Step 3. Electric water heater placed into the water tank of our CyLab
Setting up the water tank and incubator of our CyLab
Step 4. Setting up the water tank and incubator of our CyLab
SpawnTubs placed inside our incubator of the CyLab
Step 5. SpawnTubs placed inside our incubator of the CyLab
CyLab wrapped in foil insulation
Step 6. CyLab wrapped in foil insulation
CyLab covered in foil insulation wrap
Step 7. CyLab covered in foil insulation wrap
Taped corners of foil insulation on our CyLab to secure it
Step 8. Taped corners of foil insulation on our CyLab to secure it
Foil insulation cover on top of CyLab
Step 9. Foil insulation cover on top of CyLab
a layer of hydrated perlite in our CyLab fruiting chamber
Step 10. a layer of hydrated perlite in our CyLab fruiting chamber
Incubator, water tank and fruiting chamber from our CyLab being set-up together
Step 11. Incubator, water tank and fruiting chamber from our CyLab being set-up together
Full CyLab setup
Step 12. Full CyLab setup

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